Let me take you back to December, December 19th, 1915 in Paris. On the windy, cold winter

streets of Belleville, her baby was born. A little girl and her parents called her Edith. I'm talking about Edith P.F, of course, and she became the soul of Paris itself.

But what maybe people don't know is she's even more the soul of a district called Belleville,

which you find in the 20th Aeron Despon of Paris. And she became a big part of our story,

which we're about to share with you now. And as everybody knows, the districts of Paris sw and she became a big part of our story, which we're about to share with you now.

And as everybody knows, the districts of Paris swirl out in a snail-like formation, the 20th

Arandismont on a map is to the far east. So for us to get there today, I think we're going

to take a car. Lina, are you ready? Yes, I am.

Taxi! So, Linaultz So, Leone, So, Lena, Welcome to a new season of the podcast.

Thank you so much. I'm very excited.

And for those tuning in for the first time, Lena's my wife and kind of the sidekick.

And confidante.

In your word, sidekick.

I would never call you a sidekick.

No, but I thought it was quite a, it was a good description

for my role in this season. I said that I am the Robin to your Batman and usually, you know,

folks at home, I'm the Batman, of course. That's true. In our relationship. I'm a Superman.

But what we're going to do is we're going to take you guys through everything we did in the 20th

and in the hopes of giving you a glimpse into this very interesting neighborhood.

I talked about Edith Piaf in the intro.

It was, she was a big part.

Yeah, she was kind of the focus.

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